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A year of heavy marketing of mobile broadband has pushed the mobile phone networks ahead of WiFi hotspots as the most popular way of accessing the internet on the move, according to a survey of UK mobile broadband users by Point Topic. The study shows that the UK mobile phone companies have managed to grow… Continue reading Mobile Phone Networks Overtake Wi-Fi On The Move

Channel Five is set to revamp its 7pm evening news bulletin, in an attempt to appeal to more men.The new show will have its own identity, which will differentiate it from the 5pm news bulletin – broadcasting different stories and a new format.The 5pm news slot currently focuses on a daytime audience, while the 7pm… Continue reading Five News Set For Revamp

BBC One’s popular family history programme banked over 6.2 million viewers last night, more than double the figures of ITV1 and other rival channels between 9pm and 10pm.The penultimate Who Do You Think You Are?, which saw the former model Jodie Kidd go to Canada to research her family history, attracted more than 6.4 million… Continue reading Jodie Kidd’s Who Do You Think You Are? Steals The Show

Archant has appointed Adrian Jeakings as chief executive to replace John Fry who resigned earlier this week to join Johnston Press. Jeakings, currently Group Finance Director at Archant, will take up his new role on November 1. He was previously group finance director of The Stationery Office, a provider of information management services to the… Continue reading Archant Appoints New Chief Executive

Sony and Future have teamed up to develop the first weekly digital magazine to be made available via the PlayStation network.Future, the specialist magazine publisher, and Sony will produce a magazine that will allow gamers to download interactive content directly onto their PlayStation 3 consoles.Earlier this year, Future launched a monthly digital programme of articles,… Continue reading Gaming Magazine Set To Be Made Available On PS3

The last in the series of Channel 4’s The Secret Millionaire banked more than 3.5 million peak viewers last night.The programme, with millionaire Caroline Marsh, attracted an average of 3.3 million viewers and a 15% audience share between 9pm and 10pm.BBC One’s Mutual Friends drama with Marc Warren came a close second with 3.1 million… Continue reading The Secret Millionaire Finale Draws In Over 3.5 Million Viewers

Archant has today announced the appointment of Adrian Jeakings as Chief Executive to replace John Fry, who was headhunted by its rival company earlier this week.Fry announced he was leaving Archant to join Johnston Press on Monday, after six years at the company – he is due to leave on December 31 (see Johnston Press… Continue reading Archant Names Fry Replacement

ABCe is launching an enhanced certificate bringing together ABCe certified traffic data with new data such as user demographic, lifestyle and media usage, gained from an on-site survey.Media owners can now undertake an ABCe web traffic audit, based on site-centric transactional data, and report this alongside data from the on-site survey, which can include country… Continue reading ABCe Launches Enhanced Certificate

Ahead of Global Radio’s integration of the GCap Media business it bought earlier this year, the group has created five agency sales teams, one client sales team and one interactive sales team spanning the two companies.Don Thomson, currently Global Radio chief operating officer, will take on the role of acting group commercial director until incoming… Continue reading Management Reshuffle For Global Radio

Pearl & Dean has signed a deal to handle the advertising for Showcase Cinemas from October 2008.The cinema advertising company said that the new deal takes its UK market share to 33.3%, with its titles now set to appear in just under half (48%) of UK cinema sites.Owned by National Amusements, the Showcase Cinemas circuit… Continue reading Pearl & Dean Signs Showcase Cinemas Ad Deal